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It will NOT STOP raining around here! I normally love that I can walk to my day job but this weather is getting ridiculous… this is the 3rd or 4th straight day of rain. Which, is great for our garden and I’d totally love if I could just be at home and craft. But, I […]

Hello! Somehow, Mother’s Day ALWAYS sneaks up on me! I’m usually prepared well in advance for our moms’ birthdays but Mother’s Day and Father’s Day aren’t cemented into my brain as well. Maybe it’s because they’re not always on the same date every year?? Whatever the reason, if you, like me- haven’t decided on a […]

Happy Monday, everyone. I hope your week is off to a good start. I feel like I can finally slow down and take a deep breath since I’m now past the craft show I participated in this past weekend. This was my booth for the show. I was really thankful for the giant windows in […]

Happy Thursday! I don’t know about you but this week is FLYING by for me. I had all of the best intentions to write a bunch of tutorials and other fun things but crafting and prep for an upcoming craft show, doctor and dentist appointments AND starting a new/second job took precedence. So, now, it’s […]

Since I’m writing this series of posts for readers who don’t know me in real life, those of you that do can probably just skip this post. You already know that Zach and I are big Illinois fans. 🙂 If you’re just getting to know me, Zach and I both attended the University of Illinois […]

I’m back with another tutorial… this is the last thing I made with fabric flowers for my sister-in-law’s wedding last summer- the corsages for the moms and grandmothers. Here are the ones I made for the wedding: The two right ones pinned on and the one on the right tied onto my mother-in-law’s wrist with […]

Well, this was I had planned to post last Friday. But, instead, I left the house at 5:30 in the morning to go on an all day field trip to Chicago with my students. After a concert Friday night, I got back to my parents’ house at 11 pm- barely able to walk I was […]

Why is is that every awesome day goes by SO fast? Today’s weather has been perfect, we picked up our new car and spent the rest of the day doing fun things together. It’s been great. 🙂 Anyway, today I thought I’d share a product with you that I love. Online photo books have really […]

*Note: this tutorial was originally published by me last summer. When I revived and revamped my blog this January, I kept this post because I love this project and thought it was worth keeping and re-publishing so you can all enjoy it too! I love Anthropologie… but can’t afford anything there. I’ve loved this pillow […]

Happy Monday! I wish I had every Monday off of work… our weekends are usually so busy that I need another day to recover and have a “day off”. This weekend included Zach’s concert at a local coffee shop followed by hanging out with some good friends. Saturday, we went shopping- for a new car. […]